Talks and Interviews by Ruth Pakaluk
Hope
Hope is a particularly fitting subject for the season of Advent, since hope is the characteristic attitude of this season: reliving the hope of God’s chosen people yearning for their Messiah, as well as anticipating that definitive coming, when Christ’s kingdom will be fully established, and every longing on earth and in heaven will be answered…
Abortion and the Culture of Human Rights
The immediate reason for my coming to speak to high school students this time of year is that this January will mark the 25th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision, Roe vs. Wade, which is the reason why abortion became such a controversial issue in our country. This was the decision that legalized abortion on demand…
Plan of Life
Having a ‘plan of life’ means having a schedule or a system for working prayer and other aspects of the spiritual life into your daily routine. Do we really need a plan of life? Many people adhere to the false notion that prayer should always and only be spontaneous. Now, spontaneous prayer is, of course, a good thing, and we should…
Suffering: Living Our Crosses
Why must we suffer? What does it accomplish? The sin of Adam and Eve was to put their will above God’s. This is the essential sin —to prefer our will to God’s will. You can understand suffering as the medicine needed to right the underlying problem. If a bone breaks and begins to heal crooked, it must be broken again and set straight….
Summer Vacation
My topic is summer vacation and especially: What are we to do with our free time and times of recreation? How do we make good use of the summer? I thank God that I had a happy childhood. This is very important, one’s memory of a happy childhood. One of the best things you can do for a child is to reinforce his or her innate sense…
Ruth debates Susan Newsome, Vice President of External Affairs, Planned Parenthood, at Boston College, hosted by Fr. Ronald Tacelli
Ruth interviews Fr. Stephen Torraco, Executive Director of the Society for the Study of the Magisterial Teaching of the Church, on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide
Ruth interviews Dr. Judith Hughes on the role the United Nations plays in promoting abortion around the world
